On Thursday Mary went to her new eye doctor for therapy. Abe attended with her and is very committed to her improvement. I think the fact that he has really poor eyesight himself gives him an added depth of understanding for the challenges that Mary’s facing. He has posted a picture in his home work space (our closet) from her journal where she drew her eyes and wrote, “My eyes, my eyes, my beautiful eyes! How could I see without my eyes?”
After that they went out to eat quickly before her piano lesson. We practiced hard for the lesson, and Abe reported it went well.
I am so proud of Mary. I feel like she gets overlooked so often not just in our family, but in the blog. But she is the cutest thing ever and seriously the BEST big sister to Clarissa. She is endlessly patient and always adoring with her baby sister. I can always count on her to be a perfect babysitter when I need to do something like fold a load of laundry or clean a room. And her heart is pure sweetness. When she talks, the things she says and the way she says them are almost unbelievably innocent and have this Mary-mix of certainty mixed with a tad of wonder. Her own view of the world is just forming, so she is still curious about so much. At the same time, she states the things she thinks she knows with adorable certainty. It’s very endearing. We all love her so much.